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Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Legal Procurator and Commissioner for Oaths. Prior to reading Law at the University of Malta, Matthew served in the British Army.

Court & Police

Driver who killed elderly couple in high-speed crash handed suspended sentence

Edward Bonnici was charged with the involuntary homicide of Barry and Patricia...

Court & Police

Police raiding Swieqi house find drugs, handgun, police issue bulletproof vest

30-year-old Michael Vella had been stopped in Marsa by police, who then...

Court & Police

Bulgarian handed suspended sentence for loitering

26-year-old Galina Ivanova was charged with loitering, disobeying police...

Court & Police

Court to decide whether Enemalta chairman to be prosecuted for threat to cut off supply

A man who failed to pay a fine after being caught using a tampered with...

Court & Police

Three cleared of perjury due to irrelevant testimony

Magistrate Joe Mifsud, presiding the Court of Magistrates in Gozo, highlighted...

Court & Police

Magistrate lambasts comedy of errors in illegal fireworks case

Magistrate lashes out at poor police work and unnecessary court delays and...

Court & Police

Italian admits to importing stolen car

Andrea Benini, of St. Julian's, had been charged with knowingly receiving...

Court & Police

French sailor admits to drunken assault on police

20-year-old Joorun Enzo Jesus Patrice, part of the crew of the frigate La...

Court & Police

Man, 19, charged with drug trafficking just days after getting suspended sentence

Gordon Micallef, from Victoria, Gozo, had been arrested on Christmas eve after...

Court & Police

Man handed 48-month jail sentence for robbing Inter club

22-year-old Shaun Micallef was charged with stealing a projector, a...

Court & Police

Man jailed for complicity in burglary in which elderly woman was injured

James Agius pleaded guilty to aggravated theft and injuring the homeowner...

Court & Police

Judge hears appeal filed against 'bewildering' extradition judgment

44-year-old Maltese-Australian Angelo Spiteri filed an appeal against his...

Court & Police

Police failed to call ambulance for biker hit by speeding policeman, court told

Police officer charged with causing the death of a 32-year-old biker

Court & Police

Court of Magistrates to hear drug trafficking case after expert's report not received

The Criminal Court had not received a positive identification of the drugs...

Court & Police

Malta cannot continue ignoring European Court judgment, argue lawyers

A protest was filed this morning by a man who had been convicted on the...

Court & Police

Updated | Serbian couple released on bail after drug find

34-year old Srdan Stevanovic and 50-year old Tatjana Skoric Tesic were arrested...

National

‘Pastafarians’ preach tolerance in send-up of ‘patriot’ pork-fest

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster holds rally at...

Court & Police

Maltese man fights court's decision to allow extradition to Lithuania

Lawyers for Angelo Spiteri claim the magistrate upholding the extradition...

Court & Police

Appeals court overturns fine for argument in police station

49-year-old Caroline Sammut had been slapped with a €200 fine for...

Court & Police

Crane owner, operator both liable for damages caused by its collapse, says court

The case relates to an incident in May 2009 at Bulebel industrial estate in...